018 - Searching for Simple Tools

Will using simple tools help you keep your codebase simple? In this episode, your hosts try to draw a distinction between simplicity and ease, then examine how they apply to the tools we use to write code. Unfortunately, simplicity and complexity depend on what level of abstraction you're working at. Sometimes we choose to trade simplicity for easiness, or visa-versa. And maybe there are some simple tools that make your coding life both difficult and complex!